chelle523

Hi there! I'm Michelle, mom of 3 adult kids, married since 1989 and I'm a grandma!

I love travel, writing, reading, comedy, movies, true crime, history, genealogy, yoga and I'm a little bit witchy.

I'm a pretty laidback person - well, I'm insanely anxious but I'm not a hardass, if that makes sense. I take my swapping seriously, but not so seriously that it makes anyone miserable. I'm too old for drama and I'm on Swap-bot to have fun. I try to just abide, but inequality will get me fired up every time. Don't have time or patience for hate or bigotry or homophobia.

If you're into that sort of thing, I'm an INFJ, Gemini sun sign, Capricorn moon sign and Libra rising sign. Oh and I'm a #2 on the enneagram.

• Prince (all-time favorite)
• Lady Gaga
• SZA
• H.E.R.
• George Michael
• Sheryl Crow
• Queen
• Ariana Grande
• Halsey
• Green Day
• Duran Duran

• Gone with the Wind
• Purple Rain
• Braveheart
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• The Big Lebowski
• Young Frankenstein
• Chocolat
• Amelie
• Grease
• Dirty Dancing
• La Vie En Rose
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Brave
• Black Panther
• Birds of Prey
• Everything, Everywhere All At Once
• Also, love most of the Disney & Pixar animated films & I love scary movies, true crime and documentaries!

• Outlander
• Laverne & Shirley
• The Crown
• Hannibal
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Penny Dreadful
• Lots of British crime dramas
• Harlots
• The Tudors
• 1883
• Ted Lasso

• SmashBooks (OMG - love these!!! Why did they go away?)
• Postcards
• Journaling (especially Smash journals and junk journals)
• Collage
• Mail Art
• Pocket Scrapbooking (like Project Life)

I'm a bookworm and I always have been, so my list of favorites would be a mile long, but here are my favorite authors and genres!

My favorite authors are Anne Rice, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Alice Hoffman, Elizabeth Berg, Gillian Flynn, John Green, Anais Nin, Dorothy Parker, Grady Hendrix and Tom Hodgkinson. I love chick lit (esp. Brit chick lit), thrillers, non-fiction, true crime, horror, and literature.

• Journal cards - I'm always on the lookout for these!
• Unused postcards
• Used postage stamps
• Anything Paris or France
• Anything rainbow, glitter or sparkly
• Smashbook goodies
• Foreign ephemera
• Vintage ephemera
• Pink/purple/pastel things
• Paganism or Wicca
• Books, libraries, etc.
• Pugs
• Kawaii (especially stationery & stickers)
• Enamel pins

If, for some reason, you do not receive something from me and I am one of your swap partners, PLEASE be sure to contact me and let me know. I have NEVER flaked on a swap in my life and I don't intend to start anytime soon. But if you don't get something from me, let me know and I'll resend right away. Thank you :)

I am a really tolerant, easygoing person, but communication is very important. If something crazy happens, let me know and we can work something out. If I don't hear from you, I have no choice but to assume you're flaking. I don't post flakers on my profile because I prefer to handle things privately.

I'm a firm believer in everyone's right to believe as they wish, however, I don't have any wish to discuss politics or religion. I appreciate religious art and imagery and I'm interested in the study of different belief systems, but I don't need to be converted to anything. Thank you for respecting that. :)